Winter prep sports' Top 10 moments of the 2018 season

Spring sports technically began last week, starting one of the quicker transitions between sports seasons as we go from exclusively indoor sports to hoping Utah’s spring weather doesn’t wreak too much havoc on the schedules.

Since the hardwood, swimming pool and wrestling mats are still relatively fresh in our minds, let’s pause and reflect on the Top 10 winter sports moments this season.

1. Fremont girls basketball wins the state championship

Fremont girls basketball lost its November season-opener to Copper Hills, a Grizzlies team that eventually made the 6A state semifinals.

Consider the Silver Wolves’ three losses were by a total of six points. Not only that, but of their nine region wins, five were by six points or fewer.

The ninth, the one that clinched the outright title, came when a 50-foot heave at the buzzer by Syracuse’s Brock Gilbert didn’t go in, though at that point in February it wouldn’t have surprised anyone if it did.

On Nov. 28 against American Fork in the Lancers’ boys basketball season opener, the Lancers’ senior post not only played five months after tearing his left ACL on June 20, but scored 10 points with eight rebounds and Layton won 82-73 in double overtime.

Turner was a mainstay in the starting lineup all year, posting averages of 7.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. It was impressive Turner was even on the court to begin with.

10. Brock Gilbert’s game-winner vs. Layton

It became kind of a thing in January — Brock Gilbert putting his imprint on basketball games.